Hours after a sukkah was defaced in Ness Ziona on Tuesday evening, unnamed individuals were filmed arriving at a sukkah set up by Chabad-Lubavitch in Jerusalem, pulling down signs inviting the public to participate in holiday events.
On Wednesday, Oct. 4, at approximately 2:20 p.m. Eastern time, two odd-sounding national alerts will go off on all TVs, radios and phones.
On Erev Yomtov the phone rang at Chesed Shel Emes, it was a NYC Medical Examiner trying to decide what to do with a Niftar that had been found in a local park. At 9:30am Wednesday morning, on Kingston Ave alongside the JCM, a small Levaya took place, bidding farewell as Mendel was taken to the Chesed Shel Emes Cemetery in Woodridge, NY where he will be interred.
Levi Yitzchak Pinchasi (Crown Heights) to Rivkah Leah Ben Ohr (Bayit Dagan, EY)
Rabbi Chaim Dalfin interviewed Rabbi Yaakov Eckhaus, an educator for 58 years at Lubavitcher Yeshiva. The wide ranging interview, broken up into sections, will cover Internet, Smart Phones in school education, the Rebbe on Parallel Classes and more.
As I noted before Sukkos, I planned to put out additional stories about the Chassidishe Ushpiz of the day. Therefore, for Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday evenings/ night, I am posting three stories. Bezras Hashem I will post part 3 before Shabbos Simchas Torah.
This is the story of how the French national anthem was transformed into a bold, Chassidic March, corresponding with a renaissance of French-Jewish life.
Thousands of residents and guests packed 770 Tuesday morning as they davened Shacharis with the Rebbe’s Minyan.
Please say Tehillim for a 6-year-old boy undergoing open heart surgery today at 2:00pm EST.
On Erev Yomtov the medical examiner reached out to Chesed Shel Emes regarding a homeless deceased, who previously lived in Crown Heights, who was found in a park. Chessed Shel Emes is searching for anyone who knew Mr. Sholomson.
Chneor Buhadana (Rehovot, EY) to Haya Sides (Yerres, France)
A long section of the ancient Upper Aqueduct was revealed in Israel Antiquities Authority archaeological excavations carried out prior to the expansion of the Giv‘at Hamatos neighborhood in Jerusalem.
The Powerball jackpot continues to rise after no tickets matched all six numbers Monday night to claim the $1.07 billion grand prize.
The Rebbe’s care and concern towards an individual orphaned from a young age.
Two vehicles collided at the intersection of Troy Ave and Empire Blvd Monday night, snarling traffic and bringing emergency services to the scene. Thankfully there were no serious injuries reported.
Although Hollywood writers and many others in the entertainment industry are still reeling from the impact of lost revenue from a five-month strike that ended last week, some are making a point of experiencing a special zeman simchateinu at Chabad during the holidays of Sukkot, Shemini Atzeret and Simchat Torah this week and expressing their gratitude for the help they received from the get-go from area Chabad Houses.
Brought along with Rabbi Chaim Dalfin for Mivtzoim on Ocean Parkway in Brooklyn, this Chosid approached this old lady and offered her to Bench on the Lulav and Esrog. One photo worth a thousand words.
